A new nationwide online Reuters-Ipsos poll found US President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 35 percent, according to a report published on August 4, 2026. The rating was 37 percent in the previous month’s survey, marking a decline of two percentage points over one month.

The report linked the decline to voter dissatisfaction with the handling of the economy and higher energy prices caused by the war with Iran. For the first time in nearly a decade, respondents viewed Democrats as more capable than Republicans of managing the economy. Political debate in the United States has also focused on Trump’s economic policies, inflation and energy costs.

The polling trend could concern Republicans ahead of the midterm elections, whose outcome may determine control of Congress for the following two years. Trump disputed the assessment of his popularity, saying his real polling results were better than at any previous time. In a Truth Social post, he said those results were not produced by what he called the fake news media.